charioteer

[ char-ee-uh-teer ]

/ ˌtʃær i əˈtɪər /

noun

a chariot driver.

(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Auriga.

Origin of charioteer

1300–50; chariot + -eer; replacing Middle English charietere < Middle French charetier, equivalent to Old French charete cart ( char car¹ + -ete -ette) + -ier -eer

Words nearby charioteer

charidee, charily, chariness, charing cross, chariot, charioteer, charis, charisma, charismatic, charismatic movement, charismatize

Example sentences from the Web for charioteer

The soul of man is likened to a charioteer and two steeds, one mortal, the other immortal.

Meno |Plato
And they also slew his charioteer and horses, hacking them to pieces.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2 |Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Then suddenly recognising the identity of his charioteer he begged him to grant him victory.

The Heroic Age |H. Munro Chadwick
The appeal was comprehensible, and the charioteer, assiduously obliging, fell to posture of checking none too volant steeds.

The So-called Human Race |Bert Leston Taylor

Hearing these piteous words of my charioteer, I looked at him, and found the driver wounded with arrows.

Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 |Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

British Dictionary definitions for charioteer

charioteer

/ (ˌtʃærɪəˈtɪə) /

noun

the driver of a chariot

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